PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Pajanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Taylor
vs
Pajanen

170 cm
25
167 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

170 cm
22
167 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Adrenaline
Adrenaline

GMMA Supplements 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryan Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jesse Pajanen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Taylor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pajanen throws a hook but Taylor blocks it.
Taylor moves away from the strike by Pajanen.
Taylor swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pajanen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pajanen tries a low kick but Taylor avoids it.
Taylor moves into range and connects with a jab.
Taylor lands with an overhand left.
Taylor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pajanen throws out the jab.
A big right from Pajanen misses.
Taylor misses with a looping right.
Pajanen shoots in for a takedown but Taylor shows good takedown defense.
Decent striking displayed by Pajanen there.
Taylor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice uppercut lands for Pajanen. That snapped Taylor's head back.
A leg kick checked by Taylor.
Taylor misses with a wild combination.
Pajanen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Taylor misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pajanen defends it nicely.
Pajanen throws a nice looking combination but Taylor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Taylor checks the leg kick.
Pajanen slips a jab from Taylor.
Taylor checks a low kick from Pajanen.
Pajanen throws a low kick but Taylor avoids it.
Pajanen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good standup being displayed there by Pajanen as he connects with a hook.
Taylor slips a straight right by Pajanen.
A swing and a miss from Pajanen.

Taylor shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Pajanen is trying to defend but Taylor finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Pajanen is in trouble now - Taylor has advanced to mount!
Taylor raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Taylor landing strikes from the mount.
Taylor working Pajanen over with strikes here.
Taylor sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Taylor with shots to the head and body - Pajanen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Taylor lands a nice shot to the head.

Pajanen is rocked!
Taylor postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Pajanen out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Taylor goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ryan Taylor!